Christmas sales at lowest in 20 years
Britain's retailers endured their toughest Christmas since the slump of the early 1980s as higher interest rates and a cooling housing market kept cost-conscious consumer...
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Doctors warn of 'crisis' in medical training
Britain faces a desperate shortage of medical experts after major funding cuts hit universities, the British Medical Association warned today.
Patients will suffer as m...
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Citigroup shrugs off scandals to earn $17bn
Citigroup's chief executive, Charles Prince, said yesterday that he hoped 2005 would present "no more headaches" as the scandal-hit banking group reported a record $5.3bn...
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Health officials draw up new anti-superbug strategy
New guidelines are being drawn up today by the Department of Health and NHS trusts in a bid to halt the spread of deadly superbugs.
Improving clinical protocols for dre...
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Brussels inquiry could land BT with huge tax bill
The European commission announced yesterday it was launching an in-depth investigation into business rate taxation in the UK's telecommunications sector in a move that co...
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Community coercion
A plan proposed by the Yorkshire Dales national park to restrict new housing for locals highlights the desperate state in which many communities now find themselves.
Loc...
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Gordon, Alan, take your pick
Now that the drafting of the Labour party manifesto has degenerated from a Big Conversation into an unseemly row, it might be an idea to turn the focus back on policy. Ev...
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Britons plan to cut credit card use
Credit card spending is set to fall to its lowest level in four years as UK consumers rein in their plastic, according to research out today.
British consumers expect t...
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Recycling hits 17% national target
Rates of recycling and composting of household waste rose 3 percentage points to a record level across England last year, with some councils making dramatic improvements ...
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11 years of rogue salesmen and ever-generous readers
This comment will be my last as Personal Finance Editor on The Observer as I will shortly be leaving the newspaper, and I ask readers to indulge me today in some reflecti...
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